Door-securer.



No. 665,0I0. Patented lan. I, |90I.

H. S. HUGHES J. B. WALKER.

DOOR SECURER.

(Application led June 1, 1900.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.' 665,010, dated J' anuary 1, 1901.

Application iiled June 1, 1900. Serial No. 18,733. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that we, HENRY S. HUGHES and JAMES B. WALKER, citizens of the United States, residing at Rush Springs, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, have invented new and useful Improvements in Door-Securers, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in door-securers; and its primary object is to provide a device of simple and durable construction which may be readily attached to a door and to provide a device which may be carried within the pocket without danger of injury thereto.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawA ings, showingthe preferred form of ourinvention, and in. which- Figure l is a plan view thereof, showing the .same applied to a door. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof detached, showing one of the members swung backward upon its pivot; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the device, showing the prongs retracted.

Referring to said figures by numerals of reference, 1i is the main portion of the device, having an end 2 bent outward therefrom at right angles thereto and thence inwardly, as at 3, said inwardly-turned portion forming a brace to prevent the forward face 2 from bending backward when under strain. A plate 4 extends longitudinally of the member l and is provided at its end with a suitable number of prongs 5, which extend at right angles therefrom. This plate is provided with ears 6, which extend over the edges of the member 1 and serve to retain the plate in position thereon. The plate is slotted at its rear end, as at 7,`for the reception of a pivot-pin 8, which is secured to the member 1 and extends through the slot 7 and serves as a pivot for an arm 9, which is provided with an angular end l0, similar'to the portion 2 heretofore described, said end extending upwardly from the face of the arm. An ear 1l projects over the edge of this arm and is adapted to overlap the edges of the plate 4 and the member l, and thereby limit the movement of the arm when the same is swung into the position shown in Fig. l.

In operation when it is desired to secure a door in closed position the plate 4 is drawn upward until the further movement thereof is prevented by the ears 6 contacting with the end 2 of the member 1. The prongs are then placed against the surface of the jamb and said end 2 pressed against the inner surface of the door-frame. The arm 9 is then swung backward, as shown in Fig. 2, and the door closed. It is obvious that when said door contacts with the plate 4 the prongs thereof will be driven into the doorjamb, as shown in Fig. 1. The arm 9 is then swung forward upon its pivot S, and its end l will, as is obvious, overlap the edge of the door and prevent the same from swinging open. It will be seen that the ear ll limits the downward movement of said arm.

When the device is not in use, the plate 4 is slid inward toward the pivot 8, bringing the prongs against the end 2 of the member l, and the device may then be placed in a pocket without danger of injury thereto by said prongs.

In the foregoing description we have shown the preferred form of our invention; but we do not limit ourselves thereto, as we are aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof, and We therefore reserve the right to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the scope of our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention.,

' what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

The combination with a member having an outwardly-turned end, of a second similar member, a pivot-pin connecting the same, a plate slidable between the members, ears thereon engaging opposite sides of one of the members, said plate having a slot therein adapted to receive the pivot-pin, prongs extending from the end of the plate at an angle thereto and adapted to contact with the end of one of the members when retracted, and an ear upon the opposite member for limiting the movement thereof.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY S. HUGHES. JAMES B. WALKER.

Witnesses:

STEPHEN BROWN, L. J. LINDSEY.

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